Welcome to our biweekly podcast, “I Learned A Thing In The Bathroom,” where we explain a weird, tricky or surprising subject in mere minutes. In this edition, we find out why our dreams are mostly meaningless; why monkeys are responsible for weird things that happen as you’re falling...
Got stuffing stuffed between your teeth? Dentist Michelle Ashcraft’s flossing routine will have it out in no time. If you have any grooming-related questions that make you say “OH, FAQ!“, email us at bm@dollarshaveclub.com and we’ll answer it in an upcoming post.
With Thanksgiving travel and Black Friday shopping on the horizon—and all the waiting in line that brings—we’re all going to need a little patience. Unfortunately, patience is something many of us have absolutely none of. But we don’t have to be a foot-tapping mess when things don’t...
Our Brains Get Fried If We Don’t Yawn Enough In an attempt to discover the purpose of yawning, researchers from the State University of New York found a link between yawn duration and density of cortical neurons—a.k.a. the things that make our brains work. In the study,...
Clumsy folk rejoice: It’s not really your fault you’re a klutz, it’s just the way you’re programmed. And while that may not exactly sound like a positive thing, the good news is that, with a scientific understanding of why you’re uncoordinated, you can reprogram yourself to have...
Welcome back to It’s Not a Stupid Question. Cleaning out the refrigerator is one of those tasks that’s easy to ignore, since it’s a mess that’s literally kept behind closed doors. But ask any one of the 48 million Americans—or one-sixth of the population—who get sick from...
Annoying as it is, there are parts of our bodies we should be getting checked out way more often than we do. Alongside our expert advisor Dr. Marc Leavey, primary care physician, we’re here to find out what we should be doing, why we should be doing...
You may not have realized it, but your bedroom plays a big part in how well you sleep, as it’s often filled with stressors that prevent your brain from going into snooze mode. These bedroom organizational tips from sleep expert Terry Cralle and Shawn Stevenson, author of...
Bagpipes Can Kill You Bagpipes have consistently proved themselves to be less a musical instrument than a novelty torture device, and now, to add to their legacy of evil, they have been found to be lethal. A 61-year-old piper from, of course, Scotland, recently died from what...
If asked how long your ideal commute would be, your first thought would probably be, “no commute at all.” A lot of studies would back you up on that, too—many, many, many articles have been written on the subject of how traveling to and from work, even...
Whether you just discovered your first grey hair or you’re a full-on silver fox, chances are you’ve wondered what’s causing those hairs to change color. We asked board-certified hair expert and member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, Dr. William Yates, to give us all...
Perhaps the universe’s most universal truth is that having a single foot sticking out from under the covers is the most comfortable sleeping position. For some reason, curling up completely under the covers is too hot, and throwing the covers off is too cold, but having one...
